“I want to be a Jaguar. I have a lot of love and respect for Coach Gus Bradley and the way he does things. I appreciate him giving me the time to re-focus and dedicate myself to football so you can see the real player in me and I can get back to who I am.”

Mincey will also be fined for oversleeping and missing a meeting, which he admitted was the last straw rather than an isolated event.

“I hated to miss it,” he said. “I let my team down. But I’m back and it’s over with. We’re all human and we make mistakes.

“I was negligent as a football player and role model on this football team.”

The Jaguars got by without him, beating the Texans for their second win in three weeks. But as important is Bradley’s willingness to make an example of someone, which could help him create a different atmosphere in the future.

7 responses to “Jeremy Mincey says he needed his wake-up call”

At least he owned up to his stupidity. Good for him. Now if the rest of these guys could just figure that out ahead of time. They have high-paying “dream jobs” and too many guys just blow it off and blame everybody else for their flaws.

Honestly, the only reason he was kept this year at all is because it would have cost more to cut him than to keep him. He’s just another in a line of Jaguar pass rushers (Bobby McCray, Paul Spicer anyone?) to look good for a year, get a nice contract, then disappear. He’ll be someone else’s backup next year.